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A comment on Wittgenstein’s Legacy: The Principles of the Private Language Arguments (2018). Parent comment

Re:Wittgenstein’s Legacy: The Principles of the Private Lang... by coldtea on Sunday July 21, 2019 @11:33AM (#20491764)
>Those all undergo change as well

And we are free to disregard small changes, like we do everywhere.

I'm aware of Heraclitus' thought (and other pre-socratics, Aristotle, Plato, Kant, Hegel, and many others besides) but it's not a binding observation (that one should fell compelled to respond by resolving some great paradox).

"Yeah, the river undergoes small changes all the time, and bigger changes from time to time. Still enough remains common for us that we still don't care and will call it by the same name, what are you gonna do about it?" is a nice common sense response...

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Re:Wittgenstein’s Legacy: The Principles of the Private Lang... by goatlover on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @06:59PM (#20510990)
Right, but the paradox is that a bunch of inconsequential changes lead to major changes over time, such as the ship being replaced plank by plank until it has none of the original material.
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